Digital pay television made its China debut in the metropolis of Shanghai on Tuesday, with the first group of 20,000 subscribers.
The program it provides is a professional law program called "Legal World", which is shown from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. every day. It covers legal news, including police reports and case studies.
Subscribers could get professional legal advice and hear crime reports, according to Wu Zhiming, an official with the municipal legal system.
Shanghai is one of the first cities to experiment with the first phase of the digital television reform, which is being carried out by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. The city will complete television digitalization by the end of 2005.
(Xinhua News Agency July 2, 2003)
